64 Zoo Lane is a British children's TV series created by An Vrombaut that ran for 2 seasons from 1999 to 2000 on CBBC and CBeebies in the United Kingdom and on Fox Family (During It's Itsy Bitsy Time!) and Noggin in the United States. Produced by Millimages and Zoo Lane Productions. The series follows of a 7 year old human girl named Lucy, who lives right next door to the zoo. After her mom calls her for bedtime, Lucy climbs on her giraffe mother figure's back to visit the zoo. There, she listens to her animal friends Boris the Bear, Giggles and Tickles the Monkeys, Molly the Hippo and Nelson the Elephant telling stories to help her fall asleep.
Tropes used in 64 Zoo Lane include:
- American Accents: Lucy, Georgina, Giggles and Tickles, Nathalie, Audrey, Snowbert and Beverly were speaking American accents.
- Australian Accents: Julie, Janet, Joey, Janice, Jimmy, Elvis, Mr. Platypus and Phoebe were speaking Australian accents.
- Awesome Art: Seasons 1 and 2 of the show especially look terrific.
- British Accents: Molly, Doris, Sidney, Henrietta, The Snip Snip Bird, Zed, Herbert, Harry, Adam, Alan, King Snake, Gary, Melanie, Esmeralda, Eddie, Petula, Edna, Holly and Johnnie, Casper, Granddad, Annie and Itchy Quatzel were speaking British accents.
- English English: Nelson, Victor, Doctor Gordon and Wally were speaking English accents.
- Fake Irish: Thomas, Sharon, Lewis and Jamie and Cousin Chuckles were speaking Irish accents.
- Fake Russian: Boris speaks with a Russian accent.
- French Jerk: Hercule Mustache started out as a downplayed version of this, having a French accent and a snooty, pompous personality before the latter was phased out.
- Scottish English: Ribbit and William were speaking Scottish accents.
- 3 Shorts: In the US airings on Noggin, 2 episodes would play back to back.
- Voice Actors: Ciara Janson, Lewis MacLeod, Megg Nicol, Dian Perry, Anna Bentinck, Keith Wickham, Dan Russell, Bob Saker and Adrienne Posta the voice actors by The Sound Company Ltd..